// I am an undisciplined person who does not like to "work out". The times I have been to a gym in my life, I can count on one hand's fingers. But! I like to move. I have no problem walking for several kilometers, I like to go swimming and can also swim a little longer when what is called "the second breath" comes in, that is, in my case about 200m. By then I have no major problems to continue another 500 meters. I have practised some archery (but not since I moved to Brussels), done some yoga (until I got too much cramp in the legs during the exercises) and also done some tai-chi (right now on ice because of the pains).

// Late the sinner will wake up, the one who does not regularly and truly disciplined takes care of his or her body after 40 (and preferably much earlier) will pay an expensive fee! All that you have for free before 40 years you have to pay for afterwards with sweat and workout pain - or with agonizing pain, immobility and tears.

// Now I can blame it on that I'm tall (197cm), that I have scoliosis at three places in my spine - one place at chest level and then two twists in the lower lumbar spine - which is an even bigger reason to build and maintain the natural muscle corset! I can blame it on my sedentary job in front of a computer screen and on the fact that I did not stop lifting my son even though he weighs just over 20 kilos. But none of it is an excuse, explanations yes, but no excuse.

// Actually, I did not know I had scoliosis until I was thirty and my nice cousin, a physiotherapist, looked at my back and exclaimed: "You have scoliosis!" We knew for a very long time that my brother have scoliosis, but mine was much smaller and had so far not been discovered. A backpain (lumbago) that went over, too much reading on the coach - but it passed after some moving, an incorrect move and a few days of pain but then it passed and it continued like this for several years until the last two years it has got worse and worse and more and more often. Since the beginning of October, I have a chronic pain. Since mid-October, I can not even sleep for a whole night without waking up with pain in my right leg and down the foot. My nerves are squeezed.

// Driving or even sitting in a car is not to be considered. Sit I can do, but not too long and not too low. Lift something heavy - forget it. Lots of movements I avoid doing. Just standing up for an hour or two is also extremely tiring, but works if I change now and then to sit with my right leg extended and with painkillers and that is how I now try to go back working halftime.

// It may look a little bit nasty, not something that you would spontaneously say: "Yes! I want one of these things!" * laughs * But after yesterday's visit and information time in "Lucas bandagisterie" in Brussels, I now feel a lot of expectation. Lucas himself left the company to Mr. Daum and Mr Daum developped many years ago this corset. It is the only one on the market that decrease the pression on the spine with the aid of two pistons and which is also flexible. You wear it the whole day for at least three months and up to six months. Many are painless before the three months, but the extra time is required to stabilize the spine and the dishes. Correction + stabilization. If I choose to go to physical therapy and chiropractic during that time, I should take it on immediately afterwards to keep the effect of treatment for as long as possible

// Mr. Daum himself is an original whose office resembles a small museum. He smokes a pipe (not when receiving the patients) and wears braces. And I admired his methodical and patient way of giving me all the necessary information which took almost 1 1/2 hours. A monologue that he has to keep on average four times a day! But extremely interesting, filled with examples, anecdotes and stories from the conferences he has visited.

En av flera teckningar, målningar som han har fått av tacksamma patienter genom åren. // One of several drawings and paintings he has received from grateful patients through the years.

(free) translation: - But Per-Åke ... you have put the garbage-bin outdoors on the wrong day! and now all the neighbours have put out theirs too.

- Fuck, I'm an influencer! I should maybe start a podblog?

- Oh yeah?... and what should it be about?

- Kettle barbecues and highpressure wash - only good stuff! Realize how much free sponsored things we will get!

Jan and Maria Berglin have made these brilliant comics since the early ninties!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Berglin

Not sure if any album exists in English? Some are too Swedish and not possible to understand abroad, but many could easily be translated and transfered to British, French, German or Dutch cultural similarities. (in my opinion ;-)

Så förutom fysisk terapi blir det även en mental. Det var meningen att promenaden skulle ta en dryg timme, men den tog två. hihi // Så except from physical therapy the walk also becomes a mental therapy. It was intended that the walk would take a little bit more than one hour, but it took two hours. hihi

De flesta av de här träden är inte inhemska för Belgien, men det gör ingenting. Internationell befolkning - internationella träd! (i Bryssel) // Most of these trees are not "native" for Belgium, but it doesn't matter. International population - international trees!

It is shortly before six o'clock in the morning and I've had another laborious night. It doesn't matter which position I take in bed, the swollen discs press and I wake up with pain from the lower lumbarregion and out in the right leg and the only thing that helps is to stand up and walk and stand and strech out the leg. When will it calm down? The orthopaedist asked me to book a time by the physiotherapist. So tiring not to be able to sleep properly. It has been like this for two and a half week now. The nights when I sleep the best are the ones after I've made several walks during the day, rather one in the evening too right before going to bed even when it has hurt. To you who don't have pain: I know it is "normal" not to have pain, but give a thought of gracefulness to the fact that you actually do not have pain and that your body is functioning as it should! There are incredibly many things to be graceful about in life and that is something you really can rejoice in.

Men detta blogginlägget skulle handla om något helt annat. Under denna rubriken kommer det då och då lite blandade fotografier om vitt skilda saker. Vi börjar med inredning! (ha ha - från vem har jag fått den inspirationen tro? ;-) // But this blogpost was going to be about something different. Under this title I will publish now and then some mixed photos from very different subjects. We start with interiordesign! (ha ha - from whome can I've got that inspiration? ;-)

Jag var inne i centrum och handlade en present och gick förbi glass-baren. Finns "Australian homemade icecream" också i Sverige? Här är de mycket populära. // I was in the center to buy a present and then I passed the icecream bar. Does "Australian homemade icecream" also exist in Sweden? Here they are very popular.

Gott & Blandat och vad är godare än glass?

Denna kjolen i affären "Esprit" blev jag väldigt sugen på att köpa, men nej, min storlek fanns inte längre. Hur många exemplar tar de in av 42-44? En av varje? Jag blev så less! Kjolar är trots allt ett av de få klädesplagg som jag med mina 197cm KaN köpa i en vanlig affär och sedan har de ändå inte min storlek. Grrrr* // I got very tempted to buy this skirt in the shop "Esprit" but no, my size was gone. How many ex. of size 42-44 do they bring in? One of each? I got so disappointed! Skirts are one of the few items I can buy in a usual shop with my 6'6 and then they Still don't have my size. Grrrr*

Jag har tidigare noterat att de inte har varit något vidare på att göra rent sina hyllor, nu verkar de äntligen ha fattat själva att det kan vara bra att städa bort dammråttorna innan jul? // I've noted before that they have not been very good at cleaning their shelves and now they finally seem to have realized themselves it could be a good idea to clean away the dust rats before christmas?

Förutom "presenten" blev det lite kläder till Laurent också. Denna hittade jag på C&A där jag köper de flesta av hans kläder. För en gångs skull varken dinosaurie eller grävmaskin! // Except for the "present" I bought some clothes for Laurent too. This one I found at C&A where I buy most of his clothes. For once neither a dinasour or an excavator!

The "present" is a small set of clothes for the 5th grandchild of my sweet neighbour who was born two weeks ago. She came buy on the Tuesday to show me photos of him ( aaaaw, super cute!) so I just had to give something! It's her son who has had his first one so the broidery "Daddy & Me" fitted the best!

Woluweparken i regnet / The Woluwe park in the rain

På vägen till parken passerade jag denna klädinsamlingsboxen. I en kommentar på Bloggbevakning.se klagades det på att klädpaket blir stulna från containrarna. Men jag skulle vilja se den tjuv som lyckas plocka upp några kläder härifrån! :-) // On the road to the park I passed this clothes collection container. In a comment at Bloggbevakning.se it was complained on that clothes packages are stolen from the containers. But I would like to see the thief who succeed to pick up clothes from here! :-)

Jag passerade också en skola med denna fina biten av målade fiskar. // I also passed a school with this nice piece of art planted next to the fence. :-) Could it be a click-bait? :-D

Seqouia Giganteum - Mammut träd om du tittar till höger ser du en person som går nerför backen, då får du perspektiv på hur stort det här trädet är. // If you look to the right you will see a person who walks down the hill, then you get a perspective how big this tree is.

Autumn colours

Bladens grönska blänker i regnet. // The green of the leaves are accentuated by the rain.